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All sub-committees must have at least one Board member participating. Sub-committees may follow a typical working group model and be opened to more public participation, as long as any final proposals are posted to the broader community via the schema-discuss@lists.refeds.org mailing list. Sub-committees may not act in a manner that acts against the principles described in the REFEDS Participant's Agreement.
A sub-committee shall be considered dormant if it has not met at least once in the previous calendar year, unless it has otherwise demonstrated activity (for example via mailing list discussions).
Decision Making
Decisions at a meeting of the Board, or of any sub-committee appointed by the Board, are decided by consensus of the Board or sub-committee present at the meeting. If there is no consensus, then the decision is not carried.
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